The most delectable history of Reynard the Fox

by: Jacobs, Joseph, 1854-1916, editor, author of introduction; Calderon, W. Frank (William Frank), 1865-1943, illustrator; Turbayne, A. A. (Albert Angus), 1866-1940, binding designer; Summerly, Felix, 1808-1882, Bibliographic antecedent; Macmillan & Co., publisher

Publication date: 1895

Topics: Reynard the Fox (Legendary character), Tricksters, Foxes, Animals, Courts and courtiers, Death, Characters and characteristics, Children, Conduct of life, Fables, Folklore

Publisher: London and New York : Macmillan and Co.

Collection: bostonpubliclibrary; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Boston Public Library

Contributor: Boston Public Library

Language: English

Follows Felix Summerly's (Sir Henry Cole's) version for children, which was adapted from Caxton's. The introduction and notes attempt to give the adult reader a condensed account of the latest results of research in folk-lore and literary history. cf. Pref

Publisher's catalogue follows text

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in gilt, pictorial publisher's cloth, as issued

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Associated-names: Jacobs, Joseph, 1854-1916, editor, author of introduction; Calderon, W. Frank (William Frank), 1865-1943, illustrator; Turbayne, A. A. (Albert Angus), 1866-1940, binding designer; Summerly, Felix, 1808-1882, Bibliographic antecedent; Macmillan & Co., publisher